Chamberlain’s opens health and wellness center
Chamberlain’s Children Center recently opened a Health, Wellness, and Nutrition Center that will allow the therapeutic treatment center to begin taking a more holistic approach to working with children.
Hollister conducts annual weed abatement
Spring brings flowers and a fresh carpet of green to the hills surrounding San Benito County, but it also sprouts weeds that can eventually be a fire hazard or safety issue.
Red Phone: City retrofits pedestrian lights
If you hadn’t noticed, the pedestrian streetlights downtown might look just a bit different these days. The City of Hollister, funded through a federal stimulus grant, is retrofitting more than 300 city-owned lights.
Flores set to retire from county HHS post
Kathy Flores is looking forward to a few things when she retires as director of the San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency on May 7. First, she wants to spend some time visiting her mother who lives in Southern California.
MMA: Alejo pushes for fighters’ pay rights in legislation
The next time an athlete chooses to fight professionally as a mixed martial arts fighter, they could have more freedom than ever before.
Heartworm Awareness
April has been designated as National Heartworm Awareness Month. Don’t let April pass you by without educating yourself on this possible killer.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium: Another dimension
Come and walk on the ocean floor and experience a colorful, spiritual adventure that is also dramatic, romantic, mysterious and entertaining. This is what the Monterey Bay Aquarium offers in all its wonder. This is a place to savor and enjoy over and over again.
San Benito gets mixed grades in report on air pollution
The American Lung Association’s national “State of the Air 2012” report released this week reviewed data for hundreds of counties for 2008, 2009 and 2010 focusing on days with high ozone, known as smog, and particle pollution generated by coal-fired power plants, diesel fuel and wood-burning.
Con man or contract? Alleged ‘pruner scammer’ rips off senior citizens
It was the perfect set up for a scam.
Opponents gather against Highway 152 toll road plan
With cheering and applause from an audience topping 100, more than a dozen people voiced opposition to a toll road proposal last week in Los Banos.
















